Depending on what you expect from your personal finance software, AceMoney can take the place of Quicken, Microsoft Money, and other titles. What’s missing in AceMoney is the ability to download transactions from all major financial institutions and online bill pay. The investment reporting could be stronger, but the multiple currency support is good. Another strong point is the online user community that’s available for getting help, although the help feature in the software explains how to use all features quite well.

If you’ve ever bought or sold stocks, there’s a chance you may have done so based on feelings and emotions rather than cold, hard evidence. You may want to believe you trade based on objective information, keeping an eye focused intently on your investment goals. But you’re human. You buy a stock because you saw a pundit talk about it on television. You sell a stock because it’s lost some value and you’re freaked out. You’ve probably bought or sold stocks simply because it feels good to make a transaction.

Best for Bill Payment: Prism shows all your bills and financial accounts in a single app, giving you a complete picture of your finances. The app touts 11,000 billers – more than any other app – including larger banks and even smaller utility companies. Add your bills to the app and Prism automatically tracks your bills and sends due date reminders to help you prevent late payments. You can use the app itself to pay your bills by scheduling payments to be made the same day or several days in advance. Prism eliminates the need to login to multiple accounts paying bills.

Average Family’s Guide to Financial Freedom. The Tooheys, named among the ”Best Personal Finance Managers in America” by Money magazine, offer practical advice on how average families, with children, in debt, with modest incomes, can take control of their financial lives. Putting their own advice into action, they amassed a whopping $467,000 in 8 years on an income of $65,000. They show you how to turn your average income into above-average wealth.

The average daily balance method uses your balance during the billing cycle multiplied by the APR for that balance. The average daily balance method can be less expensive compared to some other finance charge calculation methods. Your average daily balance is the sum of your balance on each day of the billing divided by the number of days in the billing cycle. Here is the calculation for the average daily balance method: average daily balance * APR * days in billing cycle / 365